A3 Alarm

I bought an A3 2.0tdi 54 reg this weekend and i'm over the moon with it :thumbsup: . The only thing that i'm a bit concerned about is the rubbish excuse for an alarm siren. Is there anything that can be changed (with VAG-COM or other) to make it louder or make it use the horn etc. ?

Not sure fella, no one has commented on it before so I doubt it. It is CAT1 so it won't get nicked, but if you want the alarm to sound like the world is ending to try and put them off get a Clifford fitted, but then again they will have already smashed a window by then.

Yeah I park in a different county when I go to the supermarket. Always well away from the crowds. Unfortunately I also have to park in a NCP multistory in the day and there is no escaping a car at the side of you.

Out of interest there was a 'Bill' called the Audible Motor Vehicle Alarms Bill which came into force on 1st January 2007. According to a section in this Bill, the audible motor vehicle alarm of a motor vehicle first used ON OR AFTER 1st Januray 2007

(a) may not at any time emit a noise exceeding 55 decidels

(b) may not emit a noise for a continuous period of more than ninety seconds.

For vehicle first used BEFORE 1st January 2007, the regulations are the same but exclude the 55 decidel noise limit.

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